The Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab at Florida International University won a major grant through the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support and communicate Miami's significant cultural and intellectual impact, in service to our students, staff and faculty and broader community, through the creation of a new, rigorous Miami Studies Program.
This curriculum’s focus was two-fold. It was content-driven, of course, in its emphasis on the study of history, literature, culture, language, art, architecture, politics, and overall humanistic experience of the diverse people of the Greater Miami area, a minority-majority region whose demographics are mirrored in the student population at FIU. It was also a sustained skills-based program that prepared our students for today’s job market through earned competencies or badges in areas such as digital storytelling, photography, podcasting, op-ed writing, museum curation, and much more.
In naming several Miami Studies Fellows made up of faculty throughout FIU’s many departments, programs, and colleges, this project began with summer reading groups and monthly workshops in Miami Studies throughout the academic year.
Learn more in this article written by the WPHL’s Julio Capó, Jr. and Rebecca Friedman published in The Metropole, “Why We Need a Miami School of Urbanism.”
Miami Studies Symposium
On Saturday, March 5, 2022, we had the Inaugural Miami Studies Symposium at the Historic Hampton House in Miami, FL. It was a day of engaging programming and conversations and included a performance by S.O.U.L. featuring LeNora Jaye.
The day featured speakers, panel discussions, lunch with a musical performance, and a tour of the Historic Hampton House.
Miami Studies Fellows
2022–2023
Emily W. Anderson, Assistant Professor, Educational Policy Studies (College of Arts, Sciences & Education)
Niurca E. Márquez, Assistant Teaching Professor, Honors and Religious Studies (Honors College and Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs)
Matthew D. Marr, Associate Professor, Global and Sociocultural Studies (Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs)
Catherine Mas, Assistant Professor, History (Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs)
Lindsey Maxwell, Assistant Teaching Professor, History (Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs)
Jeanette Smith, Assistant Teaching Professor, Religious Studies (Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs)
2021-2022
Rokeshia Renné Ashley, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication (College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts)
Linda Chamorro, Assistant Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design (College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts)
Eduardo A. Gamarra, Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations (Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs)
Laura Kurtzberg, Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism and Media (College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts)
Shewonda Leger, Assistant Professor, Department of English (College of Arts, Sciences & Education)
Dionne Patricia Stephens, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology (College of Arts, Sciences & Education)
Oren Baruch Stier, Professor, Department of Religious Studies (Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs)
Sarah E. Stumbar, Associate Professor, Department of Humanities, Health, and Society (Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine)
Pioneer Winter, Assistant Teaching Professor, The Honors College